collapse back to normal and businesses do not collapse and back to normal and businesses do not collapse and people keep theirjobs and i suspect that it is those divisions and i suspect that it is those divisions that are leading to this briefing divisions that are leading to this briefing war against matt hancock who is, briefing war against matt hancock who is, of briefing war against matt hancock who is, of course, desperate whose overriding who is, of course, desperate whose overriding concern is to ensure that the nhs overriding concern is to ensure that the nhs does not get overwhelmed by covert the nhs does not get overwhelmed by covert cases. the nhs does not get overwhelmed by covert cases covert cases. what fate do you see for mr hancock? covert cases. what fate do you see for mr hancock? in covert cases. what fate do you see for mr hancock? in the covert cases. what fate do you see for mr hancock? in the near - covert cases. what fate do you see | for m
bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk politics reporter at bloomberg and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. hello to you. quickly take our viewers to the front pages. john bercow the former conservative mp and house of commons speaker defecting to labour with a withering attack on borisjohnson is the observer s lead. the paper quotes mr bercow as saying today s tory party is reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes xenophobic. matt hancock kept the prime minister in the dark overjabs success is the sunday telegraph s headline. it says the health secretary sat on positive data for three days ahead of a meeting that ruled the unlocking of restrictions must be delayed. the sunday times features a picture of four year old ella harris highlighting the £100,000 bill her father has received to repair the cladding on their one bedroom flat in salford.
called matt hancock hopeless. this is another incidents where clearly a briefing is going on against matt hancock and this is a latest iteration with that.- hancock and this is a latest iteration with that. ., ., ., ., ,~ iteration with that. you have to ask the question iteration with that. you have to ask the question when, iteration with that. you have to ask the question when, as iteration with that. you have to ask the question when, as we - iteration with that. you have to ask the question when, as we get - the question when, as we get confirmation of a third wave now, does this story still stand?- confirmation of a third wave now, does this story still stand? well, i think it does does this story still stand? well, i think it does still does this story still stand? well, i think it does still stand does this story still stand? well, i think it does still stand because . think it does still stand because the decision was made not to unlock all the the decision was
on the oprah winfrey show. so, let s begin. joe, you will kick us off, please. the front of the telegraph concerning the health secretary. yes, it s another negative story relating to the health secretary saying that he sat on this data which showed, you know, strong efficacy of the vaccines against the delta variant and that this information, so the story says, was only given to the prime minister and his team moments before a crucial meeting when the final decision was made about lengthening the coronavirus restrictions, so the claim here is that he was perhaps trying to bounce borisjohnson into doing that to in the department of health the story denies that claim, but it is another, essentially, kind of attack on matt hancock a week when we had whatsapp messages published by dominic cummings showing that the prime minister had